The title Earl of Scarbrough was created for Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley, in 1692.

The subsidiary titles held by Lord Scarbrough are: Viscount Lumley, of Waterford (created 1628), Viscount Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham (1689), and Baron Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham (1681). The first is in the Peerage of Ireland, while the last three, as well as the Earldom, are in the Peerage of England.

The town in the North Riding of Yorkshire from which the Earldom is derived is now spelt Scarborough.

The family seat is Sandbeck House near Rotherham.

Viscounts Lumley (1628)

• Richard Lumley, 1st Viscount Lumley (1589-1663)
• Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley (d. 1721) (became Earl of Scarbrough in 1692)

Earls of Scarbrough (1692)

• Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (d. 1721)
• Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough (d. 1739)
• Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough (d. 1752)
• Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough (d. 1782)
• George Augusta Lumley-Saunderson, 5th Earl of Scarbrough (1753-1807)
• Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough (1757-1832)
• John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough (1761-1835)
• John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788-1856)
• Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarsbrough (1813-1884)
• Alfred Frederick George Beresford Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough (1857-1960)
• Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough (1896-1969)
• Richard Aldred Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarbrough (1932-2004)
• Richard Osbert Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough (b. 1973)

Heir Presumptive: Thomas Henry Lumley (b. 1980) (younger brother of Lord Scarbrough)